was wondering if any body had this problem as well , just picked my truck up from the dealer on friday and put about 400 miles on it in 2 days , last night i go to start my truck up and my belt start squeking , and it keeps getting worse and worse , i shut if off and look under the hood to see that my serpitine belt has ripped off a 3/16 piece of belt all the way around i was wondering what would off caused this , ? so it is at the dealer as we speak hopefully getting fixed , by the way love the new g56 tranny its awesome!!

 

Weak Belt or a bad pulley.

 

It seems to be a somewhat common problem, here's a link to another thread that might enlighten you some:
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...erpentine+belt
mishkaya

 

Hey Krawler,
Welcome to the site. Hope you can get your belt issue fixed soon. You mention you like the new G56 tranny. Can you compare it against the NV5600 (if you've ever rowed with one of those)? Just curious if it is smoother.

~Rob

 

yeah i had a chance to getout and tow the jeep in towed like a dream the tranny is smoother , it still doest feel like a sports car , but imo its a improvement , thanks for the info on the truck , sounds like this is a quick fix and should be on the road by monday

 

Whats with the belts? Did they get some bad ones or what?

 

If they got bad ones, it's over a year! My truck is a Jan 04 build, and it did it with only 5400 miles.

Here's a link to a recent thread on TDR which links you to MY original thread; this makes at least a dozen posters here and on TDR who this has happened to.

http://www.turbodieselregister.com/f...d.php?t=111642

Never any explanation for DC. There is obviously something going on with some of these engines which cause these belts to go. As I have previously stated, my theory is that the pulley on the bottom right passenger side (what is that, AC or water pump) there is NO room for error in tracking. If someone at the factory put it even sliiggghtttlyyyy misaligned, it's going to go.

Hopefully Britt (T-7 Firefighter) will chime in soon. Please keep us posted on what your dealer says.


Scott

 

And ANOTHER link - this one just from today over on TDR. Another member who had his shred.:

http://www.turbodieselregister.com/f...22#post1153622

 

Belt may also be set way to tight, this would also explain why (Snice's) altenator bracket broke.

 

thanks for the help , just talked to the dealer today they told me that the belt failed because of a faulty ilder assembly (pully) they overnighted a new belt and pully gave me a rental truck and i should have my truck in a day or two

 

That's interesting to hear. How did they know it was that, or were they just guessing? My dealer just "guessed". Said it was a "defective" belt.

 

oh man... not another one

mine is still doing good. 1500 miles since the replacement. i need to find some wood to knock on.

britt

 

Tell me about it, Britt. Click on the links over to the TDR, there were a couple more there recently.

Scott

 

Mine did the same thing with only 550 miles on it. It looked like the belt was not put on correctly at the factory as it only tore off the 1st rib on it. It also took out the tensoiner when it did that because it wraped itself around the pulley. New one has been trouble free.

 

Incredible. Another one. When mine went, it tore off one rib, which wrapped around the fan pulley, and made the truck undrivable.